Syrian Freed after July Abduction in Arsal
A Syrian man was released Sunday in the northeastern border town of Arsal after he was kidnapped last month, state-run National News Agency reported.
“Syrian abductee Salah Fares was freed in Arsal and handed over to the army intelligence department in Ras Baalbek,” NNA said.
“Fares was nabbed outside the building of the Arsal Municipality last month,” it added.
Arsal lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria and has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict.
Jihadists from the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front groups, who are entrenched in the outskirts, stormed the town in August 2014 and engaged in deadly battles with the army following the arrest of a top militant.
They withdrew from Arsal at the end of the fighting, but kidnapped a number of troops and policemen. A few have since been released, four were executed, while the rest remain held.
Y.R.
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